Kuroko Tetsuya, surprisingly, loved to have a sleepover.
But he didn't do it often. First reason, his house was so small and he lived with both his parents and his grandmother, there wasn't any space to do all the fun things boys loved to do during sleepovers (pillow fights and test of courage within blanket forts among others). Second reason, grandmother is a very kind eighty six years old lady, so she needed her peace and quiet and all the rest she could have.
But well, the last reason was probably because he didn't have many friends he loved to invite for a sleepover.
It was embarrassing, and it wasn't as if he didn't have any friends. But he was sure that Yamamoto-kun, Miura-kun, Yamada-kun, and Shimotsuki-kun would find a sleepover in a house that needed peace and quiet boring. And Kuroko didn't really want to bore his friends.
So Kuroko never actually brought any friends to have a sleepover with…
But that was before he met Ogiwara-kun.
And if it had taken some time for Kuroko to be sure that he liked Ogiwara-kun so much to be his best friend, it had taken only a few minutes of greetings and flattery for his entire family to adore Ogiwara-kun and his charmingly bright nature. Ogiwara-kun was polite, but casual. And he was so endearingly charming. It didn't take long for Mom to declare that 'Shigehiro-kun is another son of mine' or for his Dad to ask Ogiwara-kun to come here whenever he wanted.
Out of all Kuroko family members, grandmother was probably the biggest Ogiwara-kun lover. She would bake cookies for him whenever she knew he would come (Ogiwara-kun really used his father's invitation and came so sporadically to the point that nobody would be surprised if he suddenly knocked the door on 6 AM). And Kuroko was glad to know that his best friend was well-accepted in his own family.
So of course, when Ogiwara-kun came piggybacking him after their basketball time, his mother didn't look surprised at all. She cheerfully let them in, serve them cold milk, and calmly asked Ogiwara-kun if he was going to stay the night.
"I would love to, Setsuna-obasan!" Ogiwara-kun beamed happily after he gulped down all of his milk in one gulp. "I mean, if it's okay with you, of course!"
Kuroko's mother smiled to both of her 'sons' before sharing a knowing, happy look with him. She ruffled the orange-haired boy's hair affectionately before smiling a smile so identical with the tealheaded boy's own.
"You are always welcomed here in Kuroko family, Shigehiro-kun."
And he would always and forever be.
One more chapter to go!
